London Midland & Scottish Railway 4-6-2 No. 46203 (6203) 'Princess Margaret Rose'
Butterley, Derbyshire, UK 		Location: Midland Railway - Butterley
Status: Overhaul
Posted: Apr 7, 2025 @ 06:04:42 by Russell Newman
Although it won’t be in steam, its been announced the ex LMS Princess Royal Class Pacific 4-6-2 No. 46203 "Princess Margaret Rose", will be taking part on display with many other locomotives from around the UK at the Greatest Gathering at Litchurch Lane works in Derby as part of the Railway 200 celebrations from the 1st to 3rd of August 2025. To mark 200 years of opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway and 200 years of the modern railway we all know and use today. This will be the second time that No. 46203 will be seen outside her base at the Princess Royal Locomotive Trust’s West Shed at the Midland Railway - Butterley be it not in steam as the last time she was on at a big railway event was the Great Gathering held at Crewe works in 2005.
Posted: Apr 14, 2019 @ 12:04:01 by Russell Newman
No. 46203 "Princess Margaret Rose" was the 4th member of the LMS Princess Royal Class Pacific 4-6-2s to be built and the second survivor in preservation. The locomotive holds the Princess Royal Class speed record of 102.5mph it did on the 3rd of May 1936 during a brake test run from London Euston to Crewe. No. 46203 was preserved by Butlins for static display at his holiday camp at Pwllheli in North Wales. The locomotive was then bought by the Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust who restored it to mainline running in the 1990s. Withdrawn from service in 1996 the locomotive is currently on display in the Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust West Shed.